On With the Action.

To date I have seen (allegedly) 4998 gigs, this includes pub gigs with local bands, I used to be a great supporter of local gigs, the last four years have seen a significant drop off, for many reasons that I have no intention of boring you all with the details (again).

Some Bands I have seen multiple times intentionally some not so intentionally, Marillion with Fish over 49 times, Marillion without Fish only once, Fish, solo I have seen around 24 times, my last gig was actually Fish at the city hall on his road to the isles tour! FM, I have seen over 60 times the last couple of times they have played I have been plagued with ill health and of late when they play near me its been in venues that don’t have good for facilities for a cripple like me otherwise it would have been a lot more, Budgie only ever as a support band around 15 times, Magnum up until 1983 about 10 ten times as a support then around 15 times as a headliner up until Tony Clarkin died.

I used to keep my tickets and passes (lots of passes) but they have gone by the way, so now I am trying to be a keeper of lists as I struggle to remember who supported who and how many gigs I saw them, the funniest is Bryan Adams supporting Tina Turner, me and some friends went to see the support act 16 gigs on the trot, we never even saw Tina Turner, it was all on the guest lists, Tina must have wondered why there was always a dozen seats in the forth row of all of the venues, oh what you do when you are young!

There are some great venues all around the country small and medium size, sheds I’m not that much of a fan, I like to be able to see the band not a speck in the distance, prices are starting to get silly, what with dynamic pricing, just a way for the big cartels to screw the punter, it simply shouldn’t be allowed, the robbing B*****ds! I hate to think of the miles I’ve covered to go and see bands over the years and the times I hitched hiked around the UK, I shudder at the thought these days, I must have been a nutter (hang on oh yes, I was).

I honestly don’t think I will go to too many more simply because of the logistics and the pricing structures, yes I know they need to make some money, I had a friend at work whose wife went to see Taylor Swift and it cost over £170 for a standard seat, factor in the cost of travel and hotels, I’m old I like my comforts, what can I say.  I need to have some kind of support to rest my weary knees, I can’t stand for too long, mind you having shite bands as a support act doesn’t help.

At this moment I am being a pain scouring old diaries, websites and all manner of blogs to try and piece the list together (watch this space) I mean in 1984 I did 324 gigs and I only paid for about 20! At the moment me and the wife have been attending comedy club gigs smaller venues comfortable and you don’t feel like you have been raped for the ticket price, we go on holiday soon and my wife got me all excited because she said that Rick Springfield was playing when we are there (she lied I checked the dates) but there is Toto and Barry Manilow, I have seen worse before lol, the countdown has begun, I simply cant wait for the holiday and hopefully some gigs stateside!

So, there we go the first blog of the month and my intention is to keep them rolling, so stay safe stay alive, until the next blog…...Toodles!

Huzzah.

Short and sweet is the name of the game, but it’s a happy, happy one, for once something went right for me, I thought I was going into a world war with my surgeon!   

Long story short I had been tasked with losing weight or I wasn’t getting my operation, I struggled, I couldn’t exercise, like normal people, knees are shot my right shoulder lets not even go there about that generally overweight and when I get depressed I would eat, get more weight on and get depressed in ever more decreasing circles, I had had an argument with the surgeon regarding my weight amongst other things and then he wouldn’t speak to me.

Six weeks later and I saw his registrar, who was lovely answered all my questions, I listened I agreed and then I was off to the races, I was given 6 months to lose 10 kilo’s I don’t weigh myself that’s an easy route to depression, I did all the right things eating wise, I know I wasn’t perfect but it was 98% better than previous attempts, in the week before the appointment all I ate was Oats and chicken, not in the same meal.

Tuesday I go for my appointment, I saw a lovely Irish Lady doctor who again was fab, took some X-rays weighed me, I had lost 17 Kilo’s, and then some questions, the upshot was yes you can have a replacement knee, do that one give it six months and lets see if you are still  having issues with the other one, BAM we will do the other one, WTF my mind was blown, if I was capable of doing a little dance ( I wasn’t ) I was scared they might have said “oh you can dance no knee for you” so now I have to keep losing the weight (My Choice) and get prepared for the operation.

My mind has been so full of dread about not getting the operation I was contemplating all manner of stupid schemes to get my way, I don’t have to do that, because I did all of the right things, this has been written purely as a stream of consciousness no editing as I simply wanted to scream from the roof tops, watch out world, I’m going to be bionic! I know I have a long painful road ahead, but hells bells this has been the best news health wise in over 4 years!

So watch this space as I have every intention of documenting this every step of the way from here on in! I wonder if they will let me keep my knee? So until the next time when I’m not flying at 30000 feet…………………..Toodles!

Four on the Floor – New Releases (I know its Late).

Ok so this was due 6 weeks ago and I simply lost the will to live, it felt rushed and to be honest I thought it was factually incorrect, I was in a strop so I didn’t think it was fair to release it in its original format.

So here we are down the line and I have given the albums a bloody good listen, my findings are pretty much the same but I have listened to the albums over twenty times each so I think I can pass judgement instead of the original three times each, are we sitting comfortably, well let’s go!

Cheap Trick – All Washed Up.     9.0.

I have to admit to being a longtime Cheap Trick fan, I’ve even seen them a few times, their worst album is still a good album, lets see what gives with this one (I know the score gives it away). Another album by the American Beatles, and this time I liked it from the go some of the latter ones have taken a few spins to get there ,forty minutes and eleven songs of bouncy happiness, and I only have a couple of minor complaints, well one actually that’s split, The sound is as “bright” as the last few albums have been, bear in mind I’m listening to these albums on air pods, not the best but I make good with the tools that I have, I know production methods have moved on but these days, a lot of albums sound muddy these days, trust me I do clean my ears regularly, and because of the sound Robin Zander isn’t as clean in the mix, for my taste, anyway Song wise the best is saved right until the last, to be honest there is not a bad track on here, they all put a bloody big smile on my face, I know it’s not as good as Dream Police but there are tracks on here I would swap so they could be. The last track on the album is the closet that they will get to being a pure Beatles tribute, Wham Bam Boom, the title made me smile, but the song is four people having fun, I won’t spoil it, go get the album however you do and just listen, if you don’t smile you must be an oasis fan! Well boys let’s have more fun like this in the world we need it as I mentioned at the start these boys don’t do bad albums, they do Awesome, Excellent, and Good, this is Excellent if the sound had been a bit brighter it would have been Awesome. Long live the kings of Bubble Gum Rock………. Cheap Trick!

MSG – Don’t Sell Your Soul.     9.0.

Another year, another cracking album, something that is simply chock full of riff after melodic riff, his classic sound which is good as it was now as it was back in the seventies! The Teutonic riff master delivers again, to me he is the most prolific and consistent rock player out there, eleven songs from start to finish starting with the title track “Don’t sell your soul to the last stompy “Surrender” it doesn’t outstay its welcome, it gets in the ring and knocks you clean out and then buggers off to the pub! My only complaint is I wish he would stick with one vocalist, I hope he sticks with Erik Gronwall, I know why he doesn’t stick with the same vocalist he has been quite vocal over the years about it, I like to see stability in the MSG camp, it just gets a bit distracting as you never know who you are going to get, as he hits 70 years old he just keeps getting better, and if he keeps producing material of this kind of quality, I reckon myself and lot of others will be as happy as the proverbial pig!

Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough (a Tribute) 4/10.

I was so looking forward to this album, however no matter how much I play it the more I dislike it, I like most of the artists, there’s a lot of money been put into producing it but it’s a lifeless parody and I don’t know what makes it so, maybe it’s just me Even Shooting Star with Lizzy Hale and Mr Rodgers can’t save it. And the biggest thing that pisses me off is the last track that I refuse to name as it’s simply it’s not Bad Company it’s Free, and if I’m honest even if I got this album for free it wouldn’t stay in my collection.

Ronnie Romero – Back Bone.    6/10.

In 14 years this gentleman has appeared on over forty (yes that’s what I said) albums some are stinkers, and some are quite pleasant, he has played with some awesome people, this album is quite pleasant, hence the score, however there is nothing truly memorable on this its well-played well produced but nothing sticks, when I put it on, I go oh yes I remember this one or that one , but five minutes after turning it off I don’t remember a single bit of it, maybe take a breath and breathe, I’m hoping Elegant Weapons with Ritchie Faulkner of Judas Priest does a couple of albums and that it grows with each album!, I do like the man he is talented, sometimes you need a bit of pixie dust make it big on your own, I wish him well but this album as well produced as it is isn’t it!

Better late than never, and I’m glad I did what I did, I like to be honest I’m not being mean when I don’t care for something, I am simply trying to be as honest as the artists themselves, give them all a spin you might like something, you might also might hate something, the fact that we are all different makes the world a better place.

Moving Targets.

On your marks get set and let’s go!

The first blog of 2026 and hopefully the intention is to be more productive than I was last year, did I enjoy it, yes, I did, but looking back its more of a case of I could/should do better, it’s all about continuous personal development (blog wise) and all I can do is try my best!

How can I improve the blogs, well it’s important that I get me and the wife back to having some kind of social life, some small kind of human interactions with other people (no not the police) but people who we have known for a long time, what’s the term for that again? ah yes friends, this has been the worst Christmas that we have ever had, for reasons I won’t go into details in this a public forum, however we both agree it will be better going forward she agrees we have become far too isolated with too many issues that shouldn’t cause any problems, unfortunately that was not the case.

Our health is being impacted by us being prisoners in our own house, its time to spread our wings, initial contact has been made and the first of a number of cunning plans is moving forward (for once) even the wife agrees, that’s a step in the right direction at last! A friendly voice calling to wish the wife a happy birthday, broke the dam and thankfully in the coming months will be just the thing that we need to push us over the waterfall, baby steps first as we will soon be going on holiday and then the intention is to be upwardly mobile.

A couple of tasks in the house to get the house finally ship shape and then time to be amongst friends (finally) and to enjoy their company. As for our health  the wife has been suffering and putting up with it, I have the usual maladies and I’m getting on with it, what’s bugging me is my lack of sleep the last eight months the longest I sleep is around five and a half hours, I go to sleep alright, and I’m rested when I wake up, but the length of time actually sleeping is shrinking, I wander the house from around three in the morning like an unemployed burglar, it really does seem as though I have turned into my mother as she rarely slept more than five hours a night, I simply wish I could be more like my wife and turn over once I have woken up and return to the land of slumber, I have as always done some research but none of the cures seem to have helped!

Work is as busy usual but thankfully there is a light at the end of the tunnel (and no its not an oncoming train…..I hope) but I will keep my powder dry on that one as I don’t want to jinx it! so going forward there are still plenty of moving targets (cunning plans) and hopefully I might just bag a couple of them this year, so here’s hoping that this year will be successful as the last  decade or so with the blog increasing numbers by about ten per cent year on year, however 2025 saw the biggest leap though by nearly sixteen percent, I don’t know why, and I simply don’t care, long may it continue!

So watch the skies and keep your fingers crossed that I can do all the things that I want to do with the blog, keep spreading the word, click like or whatever you do on whatever platform you find this on, hopefully good times are just around the corner, yes the name game is in play, lets try not to google it and see if you can guess, so stay safe and stay alive until the next glorious episode of the blog……………………Toodles!

Right Here Right Now – 7.

 

Let’s get the clutter out of the way, everything is good in the hood, life has simply been busy with a capital B. writing has been the last thing on my mind, to be honest I have been barely online to check numbers since the last blog (although they are still doing lovely, thanks for asking LOL) although ideas have been buzzing away like a drunken wasp, I have been careful not to write anything as I been concentrating on life!

I intend (with good intentions) mean this to be the last blog of the year (we will see) however knowing me with being on holiday soon, I may have the gift of idle hands, so in reality watch this space, there might be 9 in the last week of the year (highly unlikely)  The work within the house is around 97% complete with just some minor bits and pieces to be completed before the day of giving! Only two tasks to be considered after that, but they can wait until the new year as they will be done by contractors costing precious pennies, then it’s a holiday to our favourite destination ( I know some people will say we have a limited imagination but I love the country and find 99% of the people lovely and engaging ) hey if the wife likes it then it’s a win win situation! After that more than likely some “new” home projects will arise but hey ho that’s life, or so I’m told!

Health wise (and I have had quite a few contacts asking how I’m doing) is as always crap, and no its not the reason why the blogs have been sparse. but I’m going with the flow, all the usual  issues, just ticking away, I’m waiting to find out if and when I get a new knee, I hope its soon as my hip is joining in now, I’m walking less and less, I’m not happy with that but it is what it is, work is busy there’s no other way of describing it, again it is what it is, all I can do is put my best foot forward and do my best (as always) the new year will bring new challenges hopefully I’m the person to take them on.

Music has been playing continually, as always helping me with  my mental state of mind, it’s what I have done since before I was a teenager (all those years ago) and I’m still doing it now, I did have a four on the floor music blog in various states of readiness but I realised it wasn’t up to my usual standard, it will arrive sooner or later, I simply want it to be better than what I had originally planned.

So as always many cunning plans are being formulated, to people who know me and the wife you will be seeing us in the knew year, we have had some discussions and the wife realises that she needs to re-enter life, her mourning has to come to an end, simply for her benefit, she needs to get out and see people, she’s a better person for it, and I want her to get maximum out of life, life has been crap for her now its her time to shine, this is as always a short missive just to keep peeps in the loop, we are better than we had been and its all on an upward curve, fingers crossed, so enjoy the holidays, stay safe and stay alive and honestly my intention is to do better next year (blog wise) thank you for all of the kind words watch the skies, I do have a number of ideas for the coming year, until then………Toodles!  

Four on the Floor – 1978.

So, it looks as though I do indeed intend to go through the years with what I think are the better albums of the years in a chronological sense of order, so here goes with 1978. Musically my life moved into overdrive, the previous five years had been the odd album and a lot of singles, I was on a budget, I also listened to a lot of music that my brother brought home, some people are going to moan that I have missed certain albums, but if you do a trawl through the previous Four on the Floor’s you will probably find the albums you are looking for there.

Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous 8.5/10.

People probably think that the score for this should be higher and if I done this a few years earlier, it probably would be, however certain members of the band and Tony Visconti have let information out that has certainly took the shine off it just a little for me, it’s still a killer album with a great set list and a fantastic glossy sleeve, the number of times this album has got me and friends into trouble because of playing this album very loud, it was very nearly the band at their peak (sorry but Black Rose is their peak for me) the heady days of youth, oh to be so carefree again. It did well in the charts and was a platinum seller in the Uk it seemed to be on the charts for ages!

ELO – Out of the Blue 9/10.

Their best album ever, a double album on near perfect song after song of classical pop oriented music, when you consider Jeff Lynne had writers block at the start of production, then woke up one sunny morning and wrote Mr Blue Sky in 15 minutes and the rest of the double album poured out over the next two weeks, the first time I saw “Mack” as an engineer on an album and the possibly the first time a fire extinguisher was used to make a Tarzan call on the track Jungle! I have never played this album in bits, I always play the full album straight from start to finish, its glorious, its probably what the Beatles would have done if they had stuck around a bit longer, oh and who produced those tracks that were released after John Lennons death, yes Jeff Lynne a confirmed Beatles fan, this album confirms all that you need to know, at this point it was an album that I thought every household owned, usually in Blue vinyl.

Queen – Jazz 8.5/10.

I’m not aware of lots of fans liking this album, I do, and there are some very nice pieces here, why the low score for the album, I thought bringing back Roy Thomas Baker, didn’t add anything, to the album that’s my opinion, yes it was a return to those super charged backing vocals on certain tracks, the album has everything you need metal Dead on time, ballads In Only Seven days and some novelty pop songs Bicycle Race, what knocks points off the album in the long run, the dodgy poster for all of the pubescent teens, if I never hear Fat Bottomed Girls again it wont be too soon, its simply been played to death, and the Roger Taylor penned More of that Jazz, I like how the track starts however the edited mix tacked on at the end of it with all of the songs is grating, Queen did a number of things before others this was just a little too soon with the technology available, but these are my only issues it’s a good album with just a few minor issues, I’m a Queen fan and I do like it, some others did as well as it went platinum in the UK.

Jeff Wayne – The War of the Worlds 8/10.

I know I’m going to get crap for this one, it’s a huge cast of top people from the 70’s a great story narrated by Richard burton with a deluxe album cover and booklet with artwork telling the story, so why the poor score compared to the others, simply because I might play it once a year if I’m lucky, unlike the others in this review, I don’t think its aged well, but what do I know, again another double album great performances and awesome sales it sold 15 million copies world wide in the first two years of release worldwide, I do still like it but it always seems like a chore to play it, some bits grate, unlike Out of the Blue which still holds all of its magic, this in parts feels just a little dated, maybe the ever ongoing Christmas tours and showings of the various casts have knocked the shine off it, I don’t know, but I know it’s the least likely to be played of the four!

And there we have it the next one will another Four on the Floor blog but of newer releases, I’m simply waiting for the new Cheap Trick album to be number 4 of the batch of reviews, until then stay safe stay alive and Toodles!

Expect No Mercy.

We all suffer is some way or another, some people suffer a lot more than others, I don’t think I am worse of than many people but I do have “bleak” moments, moments where I don’t seem to be able to focus or be productive, this in itself makes me very unhappy as I have always been very productive in work and in family life!

It tends to creep up on you, usually when you least expect it, it will turn from light to darkness with surprising ease, when the darkness arrives it is total. These days I am in a better place than I have ever been, I reached out for help and learnt from the lessons, I am far from perfect and I do still have dark thoughts, or maybe than should be a very dark grey, I simply take life day by day unless I am in a bad way I take that simply hour by hour! Its fair to say though even with a lot of positivity I can still suffer. I’m assuming that I will be like this for the rest of my natural days, however as I keep repeating in blogs and to myself, I can simply take life as it comes and at one step at a time.

I’m glad that I reached out when I did as the pain and pressure that I was operating under was relentless, without that help who knows how much worse it could have become, I was suffering for much longer periods, I was more anti-social, I was very isolationist, and truth be told the only person I was doing serious damage to was myself, I have never intended to do any form of self-harm, I was aware that I didn’t want my family to suffer any of the consequences of my actions, I like to tell myself I was successful with that, others may disagree with me and I will apologise to anybody who does think otherwise, as I grow stronger with each passing day that’s the thing that I count my blessings for, the love of my family and most importantly the support my wife has offered over the years, I didn’t always take it, that was always my downfall!

I have a loving wife, loving kids, loving grandkids, and I tie them to me like a like a life preserver as if I had been on a sinking ship, they have all got their own issues in their lives, thankfully we all try to go merrily on. When I have an issue I see everything with nothing but bleakness and hopelessness, nothing helps, its simply best to leave me be to get over the speed bump in the my road, I do my mind exercises that I have been taught and they do help to steer me back to an even course, slowly yes, but it does help, but it varies from time to time life’s shit but in reality you simply have to get on with it.

When I feel like I am isolated, I know in reality hat the only person that is causing the isolation is myself, not friends not family not even work colleagues, it’s just me that’s making myself totally alone, I lose the will to do even the most simple of things, I refuse to want to reach out, I’m unhappy in my own little bubble and in some sadistic way its pleasurable, at least to my stupid brain, I simply wish to wallow in my dark thoughts, I’m not happy unless I am unhappy, strange but true. I don’t celebrate my birthday, I haven’t since I was a child and yes at that time I had my reasons, but 53 years down the line, those reasons simply don’t apply anymore, I have no idea how to enjoy myself, I struggle with Christmas (I have wrote tons on the subject) and I know why, my brother went through exactly the same crap regarding this festive holiday and he loves it, ok so he didn’t have 35 years of planning  for the season starting in February because I was working in a shopping centre, I am a recovering Christmasaholic lets take it one year at a time! I’m guessing my brother has a stronger personality than his younger brother.

I do have other issues (that I simply ignored and pushed further to the back of my mind) if you are a regular reader of the blog you will have seen some of the drivel that I have poured onto the page, I am aware they are in the grand scheme of things minor, but if you ignore them for long enough and they all gang up on you well it’s a right royal cluster f**k awaiting to happen. I do try very hard (sometimes even successfully) to stay positive for the family, mainly the wife as she is the only one who sees me every single day. The wife has it tough enough without me and my issues, the last few years have been particularly hard on her, I do try to help, I’m not sure how successful I am, but I am there for her.

In my darkest hour, when not even music helps, that’s when you know that I am on a particularly bad downward spiral, these are indeed the dark days, you can find ways to take your mind off the troubles that are gnawing at you like rats, the few times that music hasn’t helped have been some of the worst days of my life thankfully they have been few and far these days. I seem to bimble along for a couple of weeks, but there’s always a bump in the road ahead it can be very inconsequential, but the rats start pulling on the thread and then I am lost. Sometimes its as big as a land mine, thankfully this is even rarer and the last time it happened the wife and good friends helped me through it, it was the first one that actually happened in the street and I have no idea what the hell happened, I do know they saved me that day, and I finally went and asked for help!

While I do try and navigate the rocky road most of the time, something can simply pop up in my mind like a Molotov cocktail and it simply burns everything down. I’m not always as successful as I would like to be, I know I’m not cured, but I do know that I am better (allegedly) the aftermath of a bad episode is horrific, thankfully and it’s only to me, I can seem to function like a normal human being again, smile, chat, laugh at the appropriate thing without a glassy eyed stare, people don’t see behind my mask on those occasions, the fallout on these occasions that used to happen, I would feel wiped out, have no memory of what had happened, loss of a sense of time and would sleep the sleep of the dead for quite a few hours, with no sense of any knowledge of what I have done, I know I can navigate around people by wearing my mask of smiles however its simply because I’m on auto pilot that it has happened.

What seems to cause my issues at the moment (or rather its not helpful) is I have been recently diagnosed with Prosopagnosia (face blindness, look it up, Bradd Pitt has it) it even can effect self-recognition, although this hasn’t happened to me, it’s not going to kill me and it’s not going to get any worse, but it doesn’t help with my issues and sense of abandonment. Its at times like this when I didn’t know that I actually did have a medical condition, that I attempt to hold the world and its dog at arm’s length, I know everyone has some issues, but I tend to hold mine close to me almost to the point of oblivion, my diagnosis has made me aware that some of problems are real and not imagined, as I try and reason some of my issues back into the basement of my brain.

Time in reality does seem to be the best healer, when my dark thoughts rise to the surface like a submarine preparing to hole me under the water line, if given enough time those thoughts start to fade like the morning tide retreating from the shoreline, then the clouds part and the sun rises and the bleakness starts to fade, they never leave me permanently there’s always some fragments floating, I’d be a fool to say that I was cured permanently, but I am doing better, the sense of disappointment when an incident does occur doesn’t help with my mood, but I am aware of the way my moods work now as opposed to me thinking that the universe hates me! The mood will stay at least two steps behind me at all times; I can self-sabotage myself better than anybody else can to an Olympic standard!

There’s never a warning when this is going to happen it simply arrives like a flood and it over powers my mind, a tsunami of bleakness that is all encompassing, its hard to describe to somebody who hasn’t been affected in any way I know its self-inflicted, buts it still very real to the sufferer, but and I can’t stress this, I honestly am in a much better place than I was 5 years ago, ten years ago even 40 years ago, those were the bad times, when I howled at the moon on a regular basis and I pushed any kind assistance away, I’m surprised that any friends stayed with me, I know its really hard to imagine, but when its good it’s great, but and there’s always a but, I know it’s like a ticking clock, and its only a matter of time before it happens once again.

I have had issues with my mental health for nearly 44 years some times were horrific to me and nobody knew, I tried to drink with the big boys and failed but it did at the time simply push further to the back of my mind if only for a short period of time, I should have dealt with it a damn sight sooner, but being a typical man, “there’s no issue, where’s my pint” yes I know I was a bloody idiot!

What can I do to rectify this issue? I simply have to try and crack on, carry on with my brain exercises, try to be positive even when I don’t want to be, without positivity I can’t remerge into being a normal human, I have come to realise that my writing has helped me unbelievably, believe it or not but if I get it down on to paper (yes actual paper) it helps, once its done it gets shredded, I don’t want any of my black thoughts to pollute the world, and I don’t need them to hang around my neck like a giant bloody albatross.

Most people do not realise what people are going through, on a day-to-day basis, some people could be having one meltdown after another, I have been there it’s not nice, I wouldn’t wish my problems on anybody even now when they have been reduced to a dull blur. Be kind be thoughtful anybody can go through a bad spot in their life.

After this blog, the rest of the blogs for the year will be simple “Four on the Floor” types of blog as I believe the well has run dry for life affirming blogs after this one, I need to reset and try and focus on me for a change and not the bile that I can produce, I don’t want anybody to think that I’m in a bad place, believe me I’m not, I was close earlier in the week, but thankfully I gave my head a shake and give myself a stern talking to and it seemed to help, I think a slight pause will  help me (fingers crossed) the stress levels from work have increased and although I enjoy being busy my body is crumbling, a reset hopefully will reframe how I am doing in life in general, I know I can expect no mercy from life itself, that’s why  I have pulled over to the side of the road and I have wound the widow down so I can get some fresh air into me.

So, stay safe, stay alive if you have friends and family love them and keep them close, and if you are having issues reach out, ask for a helping hand a five-minute conversation might just save the day, there is always a helping hand out there, even out in blogosphere many people have been kind and helped they don’t realise it, but they have! I’m not going anywhere so until the next time, and there will be a next time………. Toodles!

And if you hadn’t guessed it yes, the name game is in play!